does it hurt to be indian?

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BBGUN said:
Folks,you guys got it right and wrong.Well,color can be favorable and go other way too.I wouldn't be able to guess the dental school stats though.But dentistry on the whole is a white profession.Now ,I assume that most of you are undergrads and just in dental school.The fact is you guys have little idea of the preofessional world.Do not forget ,you are all a part of industry and not service,precisely healthcare industry.In the corporate world ,only one color rules and we all know that.
Now ,about Indians getting into dental school,Indians like to do things which are the toughest and poses the most challenge.This holds good to chinese too.That is the reason ,you see Indians coming out as doctors and most of the time domestic pressure demands them to do better than they can.Indians still are not known for their skills in medicine .There is another subject Indians are good at ..MATH..and that is why you see the tech sector dominated by them.The corporate part of the tech industry is still with the other color.
Being an Indian could be really an adavantage ,with the amount of succes they have been enjoying in the recent past.There is an enormous respect to Indian sudents and this is not because of Indian amercans,it is only because of immigrant students who come here and do exemplarily well.So ,it is hard to say what you will face.But ,,if you get discriminated ,do not be surprised at all.These kind of bigotry does happen too.Just pray that you don't become a victim.And again,this might not happen too,as this country is build on immigrants.

hahaha. "tech sector" =math??? computer programming is popular among indians, and indians are not underrepresented in corporate management either... but for all of that you are not required to do any upper level math. Math is much more than plugging in the numbers. In any upper level math or physics classes at my school, you'll find at best 1 indian in a class of 20. In engineering classes, whites are a minority. In premed classes they're about even.
 
In my humble opinion, there is absolutley no comparision between white females and indian females. White girls are hands down better looking.

Also want to say: PAKISTAN RULES!!! 🙂
 
I agree. I attribute the following traits to the white americna girls:
intelligent; innocent; comely; kind; gentle blonde hair; genuine smile; slim;g
 
Its true that most Indian girls are really protected and sheltered by their parents, but then again, MOST parents try to act that way towards their kids. Indian parents are just OCD about enforcing their rules. My parents, while really strict with my 16-year old sister, let 20 year old me do whatever I want(and no, Dr.BadVibes, I dont have to tell them I go to the library when in fact I'm doing other things). Ignorance(and ignorant parents) sucks. I have more than one Indian female friend whose gotten herself into a world of trouble and had to break the news to her parents last minute. I decided a long time ago that I wouldnt be one of those.

Other than that, female Indian dentists rock 😀




-Amrita
 
it doesnt hurt unless they say "thank you, come again" at the end of the interview, cause then u have just been denied.
 
bor0000 said:
I am neither indian nor american, and as such may provide a neutral opinion. I see absolutely nothing attractive in indian women. But some white american girls are fine.

This is debatable issue. Beauty is in the eye of beholder. I personally hate women with fake boobs and large boob but most my friends are crazy about it. You getting my point. Anyway. nice to see another opinion though.
 
My thoughts about the subject is that while it can't really hurt, it doesn't help you either. Desis make up an amazing percentage of many d schools nowadays. As you all are aware, the number of desis in healthcare fields is ridiculous compared to the percentage of population....etc, etc.

When my dad was in D school in the 80s there were maybe 6 or 7 minorities in a class of 80-90. 2 'asians' (china/korea,etc- I am not trying to be racist or anything in lumping together these groups but it is the best way to explain it), 2-3 desis, and maybe one Iranian or something. There was one African American in the ENTIRE school. Nowadays there are maybe 10-20 desis in the class of 80. This percentage is higher in a place like BU.

Overall, I doubt it will really hurt you as long as you are a competitive applicant.
 
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